Optimist International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
316061444
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Huber Heights, OH, USA
Phone
9374145937
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$18,306
Assets
$-3,879
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barbara Fox (President)
  • Christopher Muth (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Barbara Fox (President)
  • Greg Fox (Secretary)
  • Christopher Muth (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission Statement-By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in kids. Vision Statement-Optimist International will be recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all children and helps them to develop to their full potential. We do activities for the children and community. We raise funds from our tree lot sales to fund these activities and to donate to like minded charitable organizations to uplift out community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Held a Christmas tree sale 2 Held free youth fishing derby where every kid won a prize 3 Booth at the Marigold festival - had bowling activity for children, prizes, and temporary tattos, Our club has made donations to the following clubs to help better enable them to benefit the community in various ways: St Peter Church for Thanksgiving meals, Huber Heights Police Explorers, Box 21 Emergency Services, Huber Heights Road Warriors Softball, Peace & Tranquility for Hopping in the Heights Easter event and publishing of a children's book. We also held an annual free fishing derby for the children where we award prizes.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 34
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: -0.21; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -347.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.